Pulled Pork Bowl Recipe

Pulle Pork Bowl Recipe

One of my son's favorite foods is pulled pork sandwiches (he must have gotten that from me).  After a day of slow cooking the pork and smelling the wonderful aromas all day, it was almost time for dinner...until I realized at the eleventh hour that I didn't have rolls to make the sandwiches.  Yikes!  Think mom, now what? Mashed potatoes! 

I quickly peeled a few potatoes and plopped them into boiling water, and in a short few minutes (you get the gist), I had mashed potatoes and a comforting pulled pork bowl!  This recipe is so easy...you throw the ingredients in a slow cooker and walk away!

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Ingredients

• 1 lb. Pork roast, sliced into 1-inch steaks

• 1 onion chopped

• Cherchies®Select Grilling Rub and Seasoning (enough to coat both sides)

• Brown sugar (enough to coat both sides)

• 1 cup chicken broth

• Your favorite mashed potato recipe (or you could just use rolls;)

Preparation

Slice pork roast into about 1-inch steaks. Generously rub the pork with Cherchies® Grilling Rub & Seasoning (this seasoning blend is seriously one of my favorite most versatile spices) and brown sugar.

Add onions and chicken broth.

Cook on low for 5-6 hours (or 4-5 hours on high), or until pork pulls apart with forks.   Serve over your favorite mashed potatoes or on rolls for pulled pork sandwiches.  Enjoy! 

Kathy's Thai Chicken Recipe

Thai Chicken Recipe

Who needs take-out, when you can make it at home?  Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of ordering from my favorite Thai restaurant, especially on a weekend night, but this recipe was so easy, I had to give it a try!  Thank you, Kathy from Seattle, for sending us this delicious quick cooking recipe!  My kids asked for seconds!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast tenders (or slice chicken breasts in half lengthwise)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 4 teaspoons canola oil, divided 
• 1 cup sliced onion 
• 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) Cherchies® Garlic 'n Herb No-Salt Seasoning  (could substitute Garlic Seasoning)
• 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) Cherchies® Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon (tsp) pepper
• 1 teaspoon (tsp) minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon (tsp) fresh ginger (scraped with a Microplane)
• 1/2 cup light coconut milk
• 2 Tablespoons Tbsp) Sriracha (hot chile sauce)
• 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) sugar 
• 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp) fresh lime juice 
• 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) chopped fresh cilantro
• Cooked rice 
• 4 lime wedges 

Preparation

Cook rice according to package directions. Keep warm.  Combine fish sauce and cornstarch in a small bowl and set aside.

Sprinkle both sides of chicken with Garlic 'n Herb No-salt Seasoning, pepper, and Chardonnay Lime & Cilantro Seasoning.  Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; sauté 5 minutes on each side. Remove chicken from pan.

Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in pan. Add onion, garlic, and ginger to pan; sauté 1 minute.

Return chicken to pan; cook 1 minute or until done. Stir in coconut milk, Sriracha, sugar, the cornstarch/fish sauce mixture, and lime juice; cook 45 seconds or until thoroughly heated.  Sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Serve chicken mixture over rice with lime wedges.  Enjoy!

Cooking Tip: How To Make Compound Herbed Butter

Cooking Tip- How to make Compound Butter

Updated 2025. If you've never made compound herbed butter, then you're missing out!  There’s nothing quite like the flavor boost a good compound butter can bring to your cooking. Whether melted over grilled steak, stirred into pasta, tossed with vegetables, or spread on warm bread, compound butter is a simple way to elevate everyday dishes into something special.

The best part? It’s incredibly easy to make, completely customizable, and a great way to use up fresh herbs or specialty ingredients in your kitchen.

What Is Compound Butter?

Compound butter is simply softened butter mixed with flavorful ingredients—fresh herbs, seasonings, aromatics, zests, cheeses, or even sweet additions. Once blended, the butter is shaped, chilled, and ready to use whenever you need a burst of flavor. Here are some of our favorite combinations. 20 Sweet & Savory Compound Butter Recipes.

How to Make Compound Herbed Butter

Ingredients

• 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened

• Your choice of flavor add-ins (see ideas below)

Preparation

Soften the butter
Leave butter at room temperature for 20–30 minutes until easily spreadable.

Choose your flavor combination
Add finely chopped herbs, Cherchies® Seasoning Blends, citrus zest, roasted garlic, or other mix-ins.
Start with 1–2 tablespoons per stick of butter and adjust to taste. Here are some of our favorite combinations, 20 Sweet & Savory Compound Butter Recipes.

Mix until smooth
Combine the butter and ingredients in a small bowl and stir until evenly blended.

Shape the butter
Spoon the mixture onto a piece of parchment paper and roll it into a log. Twist the ends to seal. Or, you can spoon the mixture into prepared molds or pretty jars. All these options would make perfect gifts.

Chill
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (or freeze for longer storage).
Slice as needed.

Storage Tips

• Refrigerate up to 1 week

• Freeze up to 3 months

• Slice only what you need to keep the rest fresh

How to Use Cherchies® Compound Butters

• Melt over grilled steaks, chicken, or seafood

• Toss with steamed or roasted vegetables

• Spread on baguettes, rolls, or cornbread

• Add to pasta, risotto, or rice

• Dollop onto baked potatoes

• Finish eggs, broccoli, green beans, or roasted squash

• Use sweet butters for breakfast or baking

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See below how it’s done.

We usually divide the butter into small bowls and make a batch of different flavors.  This time, we combined butter with Fig Preserves With Cinnamon (left), then Champagne mustard and Blackberry Preserves (middle), and finally Champagne Mustard and Garlic 'n Herb Seasoning (right).

The last time we made herbed butter, we used our favorite seasoning blends.

Place butter on parchment paper or plastic wrap and roll into logs.  Or, you could place butter into pretty containers and give as lovely homemade gifts for your favorite cook.   Enjoy!

Cooking Tip: How To Make Lemon Raspberry, Blackberry Champagne, and Champagne Garlic Compound Butter

Food for Thought...Inspirational Cooking Quotes

Well, the kiddos are back to school, and it's a dreary rainy day here in Pennsylvania.  I was going through our memories this summer and thought...ahh, what a lovely summer!  I was sad at first to see the kiddos go back, but I handed them back to our school district so they could gain all kinds of knowledge and wisdom;)  I guess I'm not used to the quiet.

Then I found this picture in my cache of summer photos and thought today would be a great day to share inspirational quotes.

Here are a few of my favorites...

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” 
― Julia Child

"Cookery is not chemistry.  It is an art.  It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements"

__ Marcel Boulestin

"Remember, your guests aren't coming to rate your cooking.  They are coming to spend time with you".

__ Anonymous

"Learn how to cook...try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!"

__ Julia Child

"The key to eating a black and white cookie, Elaine, is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet, still, somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie. All our problems would be solved."
__Jerry Seinfeld, in "The Dinner Party"  (I just thought this was funny...)